Edward mason



(No Model.)

B. MASON.

AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING DEVIOE. No. 323,176. Patented July 28, 1885.

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OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECZFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 323,176, dated July 28, 1885.

Application filed July 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD MAsoN, of Detroit, in the county of WVayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Im- 5 provements in Automatic Advertising Devices; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof reference being had to the accompa nying drawings, which form a part of this 1 specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in advertising devices, the object of the invention being to produce a device designed to be attached to awindow 1 and to tap upon the window-pane, so as to attract the attention of passers-by; and to that end the invention consists of a suitable hammer arranged to be operated intermittently or otherwise by a train of gear driven by a spring, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvement, with one of the plates of the frame removed and attached to a window-sash. Fig.

2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the line 00 w of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents a suitable frame-work, within which the operating parts of my device are located, and in which the main shaft B is'journaled laterally, such shaft carrying the main spring 0 and the main driving gear Dsuch as is usually employed in clocks. This gear-wheel D meshes with a pinion, a, upon the shaft E, which also carries a gear-wheel, F, which latter meshes with a pinion, 1), upon the shaft G, which also carries a gear, H, which in turn meshes with a pinion, 0, upon the shaft I. Upon this shaft 40 I is secured a sprocket-wheel, J, which meshes with the worm-shaft K, which is Vertically stepped between the brackets cl, such wormshaft having secured near its upper end a balance-wheel, L.

Upon the shaft G is rigidly secured a crownwheel, M, which meshes with a pinion, 6, upon the horizontal shaft N, properly journaled in the ends of the brackets F. Upon this hori- Zontal shaft is rigidly secured a mutilated cscapement, O, which projects through a slot in the adjacent wall of the frame, and in its rotation operates the verge P, the shaft of which is journaled horizontally between the brackets 9.

To the shaft of the verge is secured one end 5 of a curved arm, R, the opposite and free end of which carries a hammer, S, such hammer projecting beyond the front face of the frame.

In practice this device is secured to the window-sash by any convenient means in such a position that the end of the hammer will, in the operation of the device, lightly come in contact with the glass T of a window-sash, U. I prefer to provide the frame with ears V, by which the device may be attached by screws or otherwise to the sash U, as plainly shown in Fig. l. The spring being wound up, it imparts motion to the train of gear herein described, causing the teeth of the mutilated escapement to operate the verge and the ham- 7o mer, causing the latter to intermittently tap upon the windowpane, attractingthe attention of those passing, who naturally would stop to inspect the device, while at the same time the wares of the merchant displayed in the window for sale would be brought to their notice.

' What I claim as my invention is- 1. An advertising device provided with, means for attaching it to a window-sash, and with a hammer and actuating mechanism, substantially as described, for causing said hammer to tap upon said window, as and for the purposes specified.

' 2. In combination with a window, a clockwork provided with a striking device for producing a tapping upon the window. substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In combination with a window, a clockwork provided with a striking device for automatically producing an intermittent tapping upon said window, as and for the purpose specified.

4. In an advertising device, the combination of the window and window-pane wit-h the shaft G, shaft I, wheel J, worm-shaft K, balance-wheel L, shaft N, escapement O, verge P, arm R, and hammer S, arranged to beautomatically operated by a train of gear and a spring, substantially as and for the purposes roo specified.

Witnesses: EDIVARD MASON.

JNo. REID SUTTON, W. HENDRIK. 

